If you make frequent taxable purchases from out-of-state businesses that do not collect California sales or use tax, you should registerwithus using the eReg system to obtain a Consumer Use Tax Account.
The CFTC blocks foreign banks and brokers from doing business with Americans unless they follow the U.S. regulations and registerwith the appropriate US regulator.
Good news: The CFTC told us foreign financial institutions (banks) who are not supposed to register as RFEDs with the CFTC but rather with bank regulators are subject to the 360-day deadline in Dodd-Frank.